Cricket 1913

A pril 26, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 135 The M.C.C. Team in the W est Indies. W E S T I N D IE S v . M .C.C. T E AM . The W est Indian side a t B ou rda on March 6, 7, 8 and 10 was scarcely a rep resen tative one, lackin g as it did Tarilton, C. A . Browne, C onstantine, and others. M. B . G . A ustin captained, and again w on th e to ss; b u t th is tim e th e w ick et was perfect, and he n a tu ra lly decided to b a t first. There was a cap ita l crowd on th e first day, and it saw a good start made b y its representatives. Moulder and Ince to o k the score to 62 before th e y w ere parted, and O livierre h it well for 45. B u t after th a t o n ly Rogers could do an yth in g w ith Relf. In second w icket down, he carried his b a t for a capital 69. W hen the M .C.C. w en t in H um phreys m ade a very ro ck y start, and is said to h a v e given four chances in m aking 8 runs on the first day'. Continuing on the second, he p layed in his best form , how ever. B urton left a t once, the first w ick et h a v in g realised 39 ; then W h ittin gto n and Hum phreys added 152. H um phreys, W h ittington, and S y d ­ ney Sm ith left in qu ick succession, and after 191 for one the score read 201 for 4. H ere R e lf and F airbairn m ade a stand, addin g 61, and th ereafter D oll and F airbairn played well together. T he score w as 361 when the ninth w icket fell, and th e veteran skipper— -whose correct place on the b attin g list w as scarcely No. n — -joined Jaques. In 65 m inutes 80 runs were added for th e last w icket. John came ou t w ith a cap ita l analysis ; b u t th e bow ling suffered from w an t of v ariety, p ra ctica lly a ll of it being fast. The great featu re of th e W est Indies’ second innings was Moulder’s fine battin g. In fact, he p layed rig h t through, and n ever gave a chance in his 104, th e first cen tu ry made at B ou rda again st an En glish team . H u nterhelped him to send u p 84 before a w ick et fell, and O llivierreagain hit ou t finely, m akin g 56 of the 83 added for the sixth w ic k e t; bu t no one else did an yth in g. M .C.C. won b y 10 w ickets, thus p ulling off the rubber in the test m atches, in reference to which W est Indian jou rn alists in consequen tly w rite of " the ashes going hom e.” First iuuings. W est I ndies . Second innings. II. W. Ince, c Jaques, b Fairbairn ... 31 lbw b Relf ............................ o E. R. D. Moulder, c A. F. Somerset, b Smith (W. C.) ....................................................... 26 R. Ollivierre, b S. G. Smith ................ 45 C. J. S. Rogers, not out ................ ... 69 A. Cipriani, c Humphreys, b S. G. Smith ... 14 W. O. Gibbs, b Relf ......................... 2 J. M. Kidney, b Relf ......................... 12 C. V. Hunter, c S. G. Smith, b Relf ... o M. B. G. Austin, c S. G. Smith, b Relf ... o John (G.), c and b Relf ............................. 3 J. E. Blackman, b Humphreys ... w . i_ Extras...................................... 16 Total not out ................ lbw b Relf ................ lbw b Fairbaim b Fairbaim ................ b Humphreys c Relf, b S. G. Smith b Fairbaim ................ c sub., b S. G. Smith ... c Doll, b S. G. Smith c Jaques, b Relf Extras ... Total 14 3 i 7 10 4 23 264 M.C.C. T eam . First Innings. Humphreys (E.), c John, b Cipriani 100 D. C. F. Burton, lbw, b John ... 23 T. A. L. Whittington, c Blackman, b John ..........................................54 Relf (A. E. ), b Ollivierre ... 40 S. G. Smith, lbw, b Joh n................ 1 S. G. Fairbaim, lbw, b John ... 44 M. H. C. Doll, c John, b Ince ... 31 S econd I nnings :— Humphreys (E.), not out, 16 ; extras, 13— total (for no wicket), 43. B. P. Dobson, b Ince Smith (W. C.), b John A. Jaques, c and b John ... A. F. Somerset, not out ... Extras Total S. G. Smith, not out, 14; M.C.C. B owlers ’ A nalysis . Relf S. G. Smith Fairbaim . Humphreys Smith (W. (. Jaques Doll Ollivierre Incc Gibbs Rogers John Cipriani 0. M R. W. 0. M. R. W. ... 16 5 32 5 34 IX 55 3 ... 13 3 41 2 18 3 45 3 ... II 1 61 1 16 2 55 3 .) ‘ 63 1 18 1 11 1 42 1 ... 9 3 25 1 6 2 9 0 4 0 26 0 — —- — — W est I ndian B owlers ’ A nalysis . 6 1 35 0 . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W- ... 36 8 87 1 2 0 14 0 ... 13 3 41 2 — — — — ... 17 4 48 0 — — — ... 12 1 61 0 ■— ' — — ... 29-5 4 93 6 4 1 10 0 ............... 23 3 58 1 ... i ‘4 0 6 0 B R IT IS H G U IA N A v . M .C.C. T E AM . P layed a t B ou rda on M arch ix , 12 and 13. A u stin stood down from th e local team , and L a y n e cam e in, H u n ter captaining, while C romw ell k e p t w ick et instead o f B lackm an, who had n o t distinguished him self in the last m atch. T h e Englishm en w on w ith grea t ease. T hough there were seven double-figure scores in the co lo n y’s first innings, none exceeded 30 ; the b est partnerships were 44 for th e fou rth w ick et (L ayn e and Moulder) and 42 for th e ten th (H inds and Gomes). A . F . Som erset cau gh t fou r batsm en behind the w icket. B efore tim e on th e first d a y M .C.C. had 57 up for no w icket. * B u rto n le ft a t 89 n ex t morning, b u t his partner, W h ittin g to n , stay ed to add 40 w ith Sm ith for the second w ick et and 60 w ith R e lf for the th ird . R e lf’s 92 w as a first-class d isp lay. D o ll h it ou t in grea t style, and he and F airb airn added 79 for the sixth w ick et. D ocker and F airbairn had p u t on 59 more before the end of th e d ay. On the th ird m orning th e innings w as closed, and th e local men w ere dism issed b y H um phreys, Sm ith, and F airb a im , on a good w icket, for the p a ltry to ta l of 123. C habral w as top s c o re r; L a y n e and Moulder, as in the first innings, made the best stand togeth er (41 th is tim e), and C roal and C romw ell added 23 for th e la st w ick et. M .C.C. w on b y an innings and 85 runs, th u s finishing up th eir to u r in cap ita l style. First innings. B ritish < C. V. Hunter, c A. F. Somerset, b A. C. Somerset....................................................... J. E. Chabral, c A. F. Somerset, b Fairbaim E. R. D. Moulder, c A. F. Somerset, b Fair­ baim ....................................................... P. E. F. Cressall, c Smith, b A. C. Somerset Layne (O. H.), c Relf, b Humphreys H. A. Croal, c A. F. Somerset, b Jaques... D. M. Smith, b Humphreys ................ P. Ouckama, b Jaques ............................. J. J. Cromwell, b Jaques ... Hinds (S.), b Sm ith.......................................... A. Gomes, not o u t .......................................... Extras... Total ina . Second innings b Smith .......................... c Docker, b Smith ... b F a irb a irn .......................... c Humphreys, b Smith c and b Humphreys b Humphreys c and b Humphreys c Fairbairn, b Humphreys . not out .......................... c Humphreys, b Fairbaim . lbw, b Humphreys ... Extras .............. T o t a l.............. 13 8 26 16 5 9 8 M.C.C. T eam . T. A. L. Whittington, c Layne, b Hinds ............................. 57 D. C. F. Burton, c Cromwell, b Layne 42 S. G. Smith, lbw, b Hinds ... 12 Relf (A. E.), lbw, b Hinds ... ,92 Humphreys (E.), run out ... 25 S. G. Fairbaim, not o u t................ 62 M. H. C. Doll, b Cressall... ... 50 M.C.C. B owlers ' A nalysis . Capt. G. A. M. Docker, not out E x t r a s ............................ 36 Total (for 6 wkts.— dec.) 396 A. Jaques, A. C. Somerset, and A. F. Somerset did not bat. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. A. C. Somer­ set ... 14 2 45 2 Fairbaim 12 3 23 2 Smith ... 7 - 1 3 18 1 Humphreys 12 1 36 3 Docker ... 4 0 n o . . . — - — - Jaques ... 14 4 31 2 ... — - — - Relf ... — - — - ... 11 4 17 o In the first innings A. C. Somerset bowled 3n.b. 1 w., Docker 1 w., andjjaques 3 n .b.; in the second Humphreys bowled 2 n.b. B. G. B owlers ’ A nalysis . 12 2 28 12 3 32 i 3‘4 2 36 0 . M. R. W. Layne ... 21 2 61 1 Ouckama ... 10 1 56 0 Hinds ... 31 7 90 3 Chabral ... 17 2 77 0 Gomes ... 12 0 50 0 Croal ... 3 0 12 0 Cressall ... 5 0 14 1 Hunter 2 0 16 0 Layne bowled 4 n.b.. 1 n.b. , Gomes ANALYSIS IN MATCH BETWEEN WEST INDIES AND M.C.C. TEAM, AT PORT OF SPAIN (O m itied L ast W eek ). W . I. B owlers ’ A nalysis . 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W O. M. Ollivierrc 21 2 68 5 • . 22 9 54 2 Relf ... . 24 1 Rogers *5-5 2 45 1 . • 29-5 8 82 6 Humphreys . . 14 1 Gibbs M 3 43 2 . • 4 1 14 0 Fairbairn . 8 x Small................ 4 1 7 0 .. . 6 2 7 0 Smith . 24 2 Ince 3 0 0 .. . 2 0 11 0 Docker . 4 0 John................ 8 4 17 2 . • 17 10 16 2 Doll . 8.2 0 Cumberbatch ----- 3 2 4 O M.C.C. B owlers ’ A nalysis . 42 o 86 1 WHAT O FFER S ? Complete set of C r ic k e t Volumes, i to 30 (1882-1911), bound in half-morocco, capital condition. This is an unique oppor­ tunity, as no other complete set is known to be on the market, and it may be years be4ore another is offered. A p p ly : P . 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